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relief
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of RELIEF
1
a feeling of ease from grief or trouble <my coworkers' kind words gave me some relief from the grief that I was feeling upon the death of my partner>
Related Words encouragement, inspiration, uplift; assurance, reassurance; alleviation, assuagement, mitigation; contentment, gladness, happiness; commiseration, empathy, sympathy; aid, assistance, help, succor
2
a person or thing that takes the place of another <I can't go home from my nursing shift until my relief shows up to take over>
Synonyms backup, cover, designated hitter, fill-in, locum tenens, pinch hitter, relief, replacement, reserve, stand-in, sub
Related Words alternate, understudy; apology, makeshift, stopgap; agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, delegate, deputy, envoy, factor, procurator, proxy, rep, representative, surrogate; assistant, reliever, second; successor, superseder
3
reduction of or freedom from pain <the aspirin gave him some relief from the headache>
Related Words appeasement, assuagement, decrease, diminishment, mitigation, moderation, mollification; calming, salving, soothing
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